#52187E#52187E

#52187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.160 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52187E
RGB	rgb(82, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 44.80, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 64.03, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0921 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.16 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5714, 3.9535, 20.0989)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52187E #447E18

analogous

#1F187E #52187E #7E1877

triadic

#52187E #7E5218 #187E52

tetradic

#52187E #7E1F18 #447E18 #18777E

square

#52187E #7E1F18 #447E18 #18777E

split-complementary

#52187E #777E18 #187E1F

monochromatic

#11051A #310E4B #52187E #7322B1 #9337D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#52187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#52187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52187E

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52187E	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.160 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ca4',
    500: '#52187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52187e;
$custom-light: #875ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36102,
    "c": 0.15959,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52187E

secondary

#71B23F

accent

#EB3D88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52187E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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